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represented by extra large specimens, very highly colored. One fact 

 was demonstrated : that the middle west and northwestern fruit belts 

 were producing many kinds of exceedingly good quality. Many 

 specimens on exhibition would hardly be recognized as true to name 

 from their great variation in shape, color and large size. It could 

 be plainly seen what the effect had been of different soils, climatic 

 conditions and methods of management in changing the form 

 from the true Eastern type. Another fact was brought out very 

 plainly: that there are but few varieties of fruit capable of doing 

 their best in all locations. Each grower must be an experimenter to 

 find out what varieties are best adapted to and most productive in 

 his particular locality. 



Chas. G. Patten, of Charles City, Iowa, had thirty-one plates of 

 seedling apples : one round red plum, quite promising ; twelve plates 

 pears; seven plates Grimes' Golden crossed on Patten's Greening, 

 all green apples and showing very strongly the influence of this 

 parentage on the Patten side of the cross. He had one very fine 

 Malinda seedling, also five seedlings of Briar Sweet crossed on 

 Pound Sweeting, and every one of them had proved to be sweet 

 apples. His Eastman and Brilliant seedlings were very fine speci- 

 mens. He was awarded a Wilder medal, an honor most worthily 

 conferred. 



The Minnesota State Horticultural Society was represented at 

 the meeting by Prof. S. B. Green, Secretary A. W. Latham and 

 Wyman Elliot as delegates. 



The first meeting was held in the evening of Sept. 19. An ad- 

 dress of welcome was delivered by Mayor J. H. Neff and responses 

 by W. M. Dunlap and Parker Earle. In the absence of President 

 Barry, the president's address was omitted. The treasurer's and 

 secretary's reports were received, appointments of committees made 

 etc., and we then adjourned for the reception and banquet, which was 

 quite an elaborate seven course affair. Some fine speeches were 

 made, in which the speakers tried to make the rest believe theirs 

 was the best and only state in which fine fruit crops, men and 

 beautiful women were produced. Prof. S. B. Green spoke for 

 Minnesota on this occasion in his usual vigorous way. 



Second day. The first topic was "Americana plums," which was 

 very fully discussed by Albert Dickens, professor of horticulture in 

 the Kansas Agricultural college. Prof. Munson, of Texas, said 

 the Americana plum was a failure in his state on account of the sap 

 starting so early in the spring; the crosses of Americana and Chick- 

 asaw were safer and gave fine results. The European plums were 



